From last year, over Lake Union in Seattle. Happy July 4th, Independence Day in USA!

Fireworks explode over Lake Union in Seattle at dusk on July 4.

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Went to a neighbor’s party yesterday and she had the most beautiful bouquets of her garden flowers on the tables.

Colorful flowers decorate a backyard picnic table, ready for a party

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My front yard has roses and lavender. Life is good.

Red roses and lavender in the late afternoon sun

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Found a picture that my brother took last year at this time of me in my garden.

Photoblogger Sara at her patio garden, June 2013

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Eating out at Ivar’s at the Seattle waterfront the other evening, this ferry boat was pulling in right nearby. So scenic!

Green and white car ferry docks downtown in Seattle

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Today I went someplace new, the South Seattle College Arboretum, and the weather was perfection. Here is what their heavenly pink dogwood tree looked like, straight out of the camera. I think I’d like to see this as a fabric print, somehow.

Pink dogwood tree blooming against a deep blue sky

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Jerusalem sage or phlomis is a newer plant in my garden. I love the space-age double flowers stacked vertically. Those are blue-purple campanulas in the background.

Yellow Jerusalem sage or phlomis blooms in late spring, with campanulas

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The pond at Seattle’s Arboretum, at the end of May. As far as I am concerned, you can’t get much more scenic than this.

Tall yellow flowers at the edge of a reflecting pond in Seattle’s Arboretum

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My dear friend just got a new place on Camano Island, WA and it has a water view, with the Cascade Mountains and their icecaps in pink splendor.

Sunset view from Camano Island, WA

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This sky is from exactly one year ago. I really love this image and I am calling it my weekly Top Shot.

Clouds at sunset, with trees in silhouette

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